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OPINION: Alex Ward. Recently YouTube and social media influencer Jesse Ridgway revealed that he and his wife had decided to terminate their…
Opinion: Nathanael Blake Sexual sin destroys justice. This is a problem for those on the religious left who insist that…
OPINION: Ani O’Brien Labour has released its 2026 election list and, for all the talk about fresh voices and renewal,…
EDITORIAL: Mike Bain Labour has dropped a 72‑person candidate list — a number so large it reads less like a…
OPINION: Sir Roger Douglas. New Zealand’s serious superannuation problems began in 1976 when the Muldoon Government replaced Labour’s compulsory super…
OPINION: Malcolm Falloon/NZ Christian Network Few phrases are used more often today than “culture wars”. Depending on who is speaking,…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. After being all about budget, budget, and more budget over the past fortnight…I decided to look at…
OPINION: (The author’s name was supplied but is withheld at their request.) The controversy around the Waitangi Tribunal, the rapid…
OPINION: Ashley Church. At the end of the First World War, the League of Nations gave Britain sovereign control over…
OPINION: Melanie Phillips/JNS.Org Fury has exploded among prominent British Jews and others over the decision by the British Museum in…
OPINION: Josh Packard Ph.D. I see a lot of concerning trends as a social science researcher. But this chart might…
OPINION: Chris Trotter One political advertisement stood out from the thousands that blitzed the US presidential campaign of 2024. It…
Laundering the latest lie against Israel OPINION: Ashley Church. Just when it seems that the moral inversion around Israel cannot…
OPINION: Batsheva Neuer Anti-Zionism has never been a single doctrine with a single source. It has emerged from different religious,…
OPINION: Ashley Church. Spend more than five minutes on social media and you will almost certainly run into the claim…
OPINION: Daniel R. Suhr The United States and Great Britain have long enjoyed a special relationship in world affairs, strengthened…
Opinion: Ashley Church New Zealand is in the early stages of a major debate about children, social media, digital identity…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. In Wellington salons and certain Auckland boardrooms, the conventional wisdom is settled: China is the unstoppable rising…
Editors Explainer: The Jewish Diaspora refers The Jewish Diaspora refers to the dispersion of Jewish people from their ancestral homeland…
Image: FBI agents work on the site after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at the Temple…
OPINION: Don Brash/Hobson’s Pledge. From activist groups weaponising professional complaints and silencing dissenting voices to taxpayer-funded universities mandating ideological courses,…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. We vote every three years, and then, for most of us, democracy largely goes on without us.…
OPINION: Ashley Church. For nearly three years now, a moral, cultural and political battle about Israel has been raging across…
By Elliot Neaman/US Correspondent The attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner exposes America’s deepening polarization, gun saturation and social…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell. It took becoming a mother to awaken an interest in politics in me. Having then become increasingly…
OPINION: Robin Schumacher, The Wall Street Journal recently reported that young New Yorkers have a new hot spot: Sunday Mass. At St.…
(cvnznews.com editorial note: Qiulae Wong referred to in this opinion piece is also known as “Q” and is the leader…
OPINION: Gary Judd, KC. A Constitutional Trojan Horse: advancing change through political stealth Trade Minister Hon Todd McClay has announced…
Opinion: Noah Meagher AI is undoubtedly a big deal in the world of education. Many schools are introducing AI curricula…
By Melanie Phillips/JNS.og Shockingly, the West has framed antisemitism and anti-Zionism as conscience itself. In America and Britain, political violence…
OPINION: Dr Muriel Newman. The recent appointment of ten unelected iwi representatives with full voting rights onto a Council Committee of…
OPINION: Zoran Rakovic. New Zealand’s slowdown isn’t just inflation or rates. It’s deferred maintenance. Why households are cutting back -…
OPINION: MickeySavage This is a bit of a slow burner of an issue and relates back to the time that…
OPINION: Ashley Church. Why are voters really abandoning traditional political parties? Election results, last week, confirmed a trend that seems…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell. Immigration Minister, Erica Stanford, criticizing ACT’s proposed levy on immigrant workers, said it will fall to farmers…
By Michael Swanson Should Labour extend an olive branch to The Opportunity Party? There’s a pretty strong case for such…
OPINION: Ashley Church. Yesterday I pulled into a major-brand service station to fill the tank in my car. (and yes,…
Opinion: John Bowie, LawFuel publisher It takes a certain perverted genius for the state broadcaster to threaten to sue a…
OPINION: Jonathan S. Tobin. Americans don’t like war in general. But if it has to be done, it had better…
OPINION: Peter Demos Spend a few minutes online and you will see the clips: a green-haired, nonbinary pastor, a rainbow-draped…